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If any person—
(a)uses any explosive substance with intent to take or destroy fish in any waters (including the sea [F1up to twelve nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured]); or
(b)puts any poison or other noxious substance in or near any such waters with intent to take or destroy fish; or
(c)uses any electrical device with intent to stun or destroy salmon or freshwater fish in any such waters;
he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86), Sch. 2 para. 12
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4 amended by Freshwater and Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 22), s. 7, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 8(b)
C2S. 4(c) excluded by Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62, SIF 52:2), s. 28(2)(b)(iv), 29
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F2Act repealed (except in relation to the River Tweed and the Upper Esk) (1.4.2005) by Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15), s. 71(2), sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with s. 71(3)(4)(6)); S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2; and (only in relation to the Tweed district) (15.11.2006) by The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2913), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 Pt. 2 (with art. 1(3))
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